Idyll for a Vanishing River Quitab Editions Her deliberate phrasings threaten the

Her deliberate phrasings threaten the security and steadiness of knowing oneself by cementing the turbulence of grief and goodbyes

Lana Bella

since transient

the simple truth “that borders are illusions

Gibson reveals tapers of timeless beauty

Idyll for a Vanishing River Quitab Editions Her deliberate phrasings threaten theJeff Alfiers collection Idyll for a Vanishing River maps out a vast, battered landscapeeverything from the broken Americana of abandoned quicksilver mines and truck stops, to the salt pan of dead ocean that is now refuge to pumas stalking amongst ghost flowers. With a cartographers sharp eye and an inherited peasants faith in work, Alfier uses Death Valley warning signs and relief maps as guides not just for Southwestern haunts, but as legends and